Committee on Justice explained

(Parliamentary) Committee on Justice[1] (Swedish: justitieutskottet) (JuU) is a parliamentary committee in the Swedish Riksdag. The committee's main areas of responsibility concern Judiciary policies on various different authorities, among other things, the courts, Prosecution Authority, the Police Authorities, the Prison and Probation Service, along with matters that concern the criminal code, the Code of Judicial Procedure, and laws that replace or are closely related to regulations that concern these areas.

Since 2022, the chairman of the committee is Richard Jomshof of the Sweden Democrats and the deputy chairman of the committee is Ardalan Shekarabi of the Social Democrats.

List of speakers for the committee

NamePeriodPolitical party
bgcolor=  1977-1984 Moderate Party
bgcolor=  1985–1989 People's Party
bgcolor=  1989–1994 People's Party
bgcolor=  1994–2001 Moderate Party
bgcolor=  2001–2002 Moderate Party
bgcolor=  2002–2006 Liberal People's Party
bgcolor=  2006–2010 Social Democratic Party
bgcolor=  2010–2014 Social Democratic Party
bgcolor=  2014–2017 Moderate Party
bgcolor=  2017–2018 Moderate Party
bgcolor=  Fredrik Lundh Sammeli[2] [3] 2018–2022 Social Democratic Party
bgcolor=  2022– Sweden Democrats

List of vice-speakers for the committee

NamePeriodPolitical party
bgcolor=  2002 Social Democratic Party
bgcolor=  2002–2004 Social Democratic Party
bgcolor=  2004–2006 Social Democratic Party
bgcolor=  2006–2010 Christian Democrats
bgcolor=  2010–2014 Centre Party
bgcolor=  2014–2015 Green Party
bgcolor=  2015–2016 Green Party
bgcolor=  2016–2018 Green Party
bgcolor=  Andreas Carlson[4] [5] 2018–2022 Christian Democrats
bgcolor=  Petter Löberg2022 Social Democratic Party
bgcolor=  Ardalan Shekarabi2022– Social Democratic Party

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Utrikes namnbok. [Elektronisk resurs] : svenska myndigheter, organisationer, titlar, EU- och EG-organ, EU-titlar och länder på engelska, tyska, franska, spanska, finska och ryska ]. 9th, rev. . 2013 . Utrikesdepartementet, Regeringskansliet . Stockholm . sv . . 18.
  2. https://via.tt.se/pressmeddelande/pressmeddelande--nyvalda-gruppledare?publisherId=142377&releaseId=3243190 Pressmeddelande: Nyvalda gruppledare och talespersoner från Socialdemokraterna
  3. https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/ledamoter-partier/ledamot/fredrik-lundh-sammeli_19d6281a-a1fc-4399-9631-89acf6420f42 Fredrik Lundh Sammeli (S)
  4. https://www.jp.se/article/trots-sjukdomen-kd-politiker-far-toppost/ Trots sjukdomen - KD-politiker får toppost
  5. https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/ledamoter-partier/ledamot/andreas-carlson_7f431f89-8b2f-4499-8997-f55f1b57d8ab Andreas Carlson (KD)